A FEMALE bodybuilder with a ripped physique says she no longer fears showing off her body despite remarks from her haters. Grace Griswold, 22, has rid of her insecurities about looking “manly” and is now rocking her toned physique in bikinis after transforming her body with weightlifting. Having turned her focus to working out during lockdown , she is now a bikini bodybuilder boasting impressive muscles.
But it things haven't always been plain sailing, with Griswold initially worried about showing off her body by wearing more feminine clothes. In a TikTok video that has gone viral, whereby she shows off her toned physique in a halterneck corset-style top, Grace revealed how she struggled with her initial insecurities. She wrote: “I used to never wear halters because I thought they made me look manly.
Now I wear them to show off the lats." In a recent interview, Griswold also explained how she would only focus on certain parts of her body to avoid looking a certain way. “I didn’t want to train my upper body at first because I was insecure about the size of my back and shoulders," she said.
“Clothes sometimes didn’t fit me right because of it. “But once I started, I realised my back was something to be proud of and began to love it. “It makes me stand out and now I love to show it off, so I worked on continuing to build my upper body.
" Griswold, a recent college graduate based in Atlanta , US , would refuse to wear anything that accentuated her shoulders but i.